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License: Licence agreement concerning inclusion of doctoral thesis in the Institutional Repository of the University of LeidenN/A • November 25th, 2016
The goal of the rules of international criminal law is to proscribe serious violations of international law and to hold those persons who participate in such conduct criminally responsible.1 The fundamental legal principle of individual responsibility, however, stipulates that persons are only responsible for their own acts or those of their agents.2 This chapter will discuss whether international criminal justice mechanisms provide an adequate and effective system of accountability for violations of the laws of war and gross violations of international human rights law perpetrated with autonomous weapon systems.
